集装箱改变世界
The Box
Marc Levinson · 初版 2006 年
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为什么值得读
- 还原无处不在的集装箱仅数十年的诞生历程
- 展现物理基础设施与接口标准化的艰难演进
- 顺带解释旧金山码头废弃等港口城市历史
1956 年 4 月，一艘经过改装的油轮载着 58 个集装箱从纽瓦克驶往休斯敦。从这个不起眼的开端起步，集装箱航运发展成为一个庞大的产业，使全球贸易的繁荣成为可能。The Box 讲述了集装箱诞生的传奇故事、在其被广泛采用前长达十年的艰难抗争，以及集装箱化引发运输成本骤降所带来的深远经济影响。经济学家 Marc Levinson 借鉴了以往被忽视的史料，展示了集装箱如何改变了经济地理格局，颠覆了传统
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几年前我读了 Marc Levinson 写的《The Box》，一本集装箱航运的历史书。强烈推荐。如果你住在旧金山，而且好奇过那些几乎废弃的码头，这本书也解释了它们背后的历史——以及为什么……
Some years ago I read The Box by Marc Levinson, a history of containerized shipping. Highly recommend it. If you live in SF and have wondered about the numerous barely used piers, this book explains their history as well - and why…
我最近读了 Marc Levinson 写的《The Box》[1]。书写得非常棒，解释了集装箱是怎么诞生的——想想这个如今无处不在的东西其实也就发明了大概50年，真的挺让人惊叹的。这本书……
I recently read The Box[1] by Marc Levinson. It is an excellent read which explains how the container came to be - it's really fascinating to think that this ubiquitous thing was only invented about 50 years ago. The book is…
这里有两本不错的相关书籍：《The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger》：http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691136408/ 算是一部通史，你会读到关于连接件标准化的章节……
Here's two good relevant books: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691136408/ A general history, and you'll find the section on coupling standardization…
我强烈推荐《The Box》这本书，它深入探讨了集装箱的历史。http://www.amazon.com/The-Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller/dp/... 简而言之，那段过程乱成一团糟。在实体/基础设施领域搞这种事从来都不容易……
I highly recommend the book "The Box" which goes deep into the history of the shipping container. http://www.amazon.com/The-Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller/dp/... In a nutshell, it was messy. It's not easy in the physical/infrastructure…
关于集装箱航运历史的一本引人入胜的好书：http://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy...
A fascinating book about the history of container shipping is http://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy...
《Stories of Your Life and Others》（你一生的故事）是特德·姜的短篇小说集。里面的故事探讨的主题天差地别，但篇篇神作。HN 上有人推荐过 Marc Levinson 的《The Box》。这是一本讲集装箱历史的书。听起来可能枯燥得要命，但书写得很棒，而且集装箱对现代全球经济的影响简直无法……
Stories of Your Life and Others is a collection of short stories by Ted Chiang. The stories explore wildly different topics, but every one of them is amazing. Someone on HN had recommended The Box by Marc Levinson. It's a history of the shipping container. That sounds dreadfully prosaic, but the book is well written and the shipping container's influence on our modern global economy cannot be…